India, July 12 -- Tensions prevailed in an Arunachal Pradesh town on Saturday, prompting authorities to impose a curfew, after a migrant youth from neighbouring Assam was lynched by a mob for allegedly sexually assaulting several girls.

Curfew was imposed in Roing town in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Dibang Valley district, police said on Saturday.

A mob barged into the police station where the 19-year-old accused, identified as Riaz-Ul Kurim from Bongaigaon, was kept in custody and thrashed him before the personnel could rescue him, according PTI news agency.

As the accused was rescued by police and taken to the hospital, the mob followed him and thrashed him again, ultimately leading to his death.

The parents of the girls, who filed a ...